American Association Daily provides insights, features, and recaps of the action from around the American Association of Professional Baseball League, as well as player and coaching profiles and transactions. In today’s edition, Robert Pannier recaps the seven games in the American Association on Thursday, including the Chicago Dogs shutting out the Sioux Falls Canaries, the Sioux City Explorers taking the rubber match against Milwaukee Milkmen, and Max Murphy homers twice for the Winnipeg Goldeyes. This and much more.

Jordan Kipper Shines in Debut for Dogs

Jordan Kipper made a triumphal return to the Chicago Dogs on Thursday, tossing five shutout innings in a 3-0 victory over the Sioux Falls Canaries. Jordan re-signed with Chicago after being released from the Mexican League and was dominating, allowing two hits and no walks while striking out seven. Four relief pitchers help to complete the shutout, including Jeff Kinley who earned his fourth save of the year.

The Dogs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Danny Mars delivered an RBI double and he scored on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Lidge. In the sixth, Lidge drove home his second run of the game on a ground out.

Angel Landazuri was to hard luck loser, allowing three runs in 5.1 innings pitched. Wyatt Ulrich had two hits for the Canaries.

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Explorers Down Milkmen in Rubber Match

Danny Amaral had three hits and scored three runs to help lead the Sioux City Explorers two and 8-5 victory over the Milwaukee Milkmen on Thursday, earning the team a victory in the rubber match of their series. Milwaukee took a 4-1 lead in the top of the second inning as Mason Davis delivered a two-run single to close out the scoring in the frame.

Sioux City earned one of those runs back in the bottom half of the inning when Sebastian Zawada hit his third homerun of the season. In the third, Sioux City took the lead for good, plating four runs of their own. Nick Franklin drove home two runs in the frame.

Tyler Beardsley (2-1) earned the victory, allowing one earned run in 5.0 innings pitched. Thomas McIlraith closed out the game for his fourth save of the season. Amaral hit his first homerun of the year for the Explorers. Davis finished with three RBI and Dylan Kelly had three hits for Milwaukee.

Sioux City Explorers Recap by Connor Ryan

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Murphy Homers Twice in Goldeyes Win

The Winnipeg Goldeyes completed their sweep of the Cleburne Railroaders on Thursday, thanks to two homeruns by Max Murphy and a five-run sixth inning. The teams exchanged runs in the second inning with Cleburne scoring on an error and Murphy tying the score in the bottom half of the frame with his first homerun of the night. Cleburne took a one run lead in the top of the third on an RBI single by Hector Sanchez, but the Goldeyes took the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth. Murphy hit a two-run homer, his fourth of the year, to give Winnipeg to lead.

Josh Lucas pitched well for the Goldeyes in earning his first win of the season, allowing two runs in 6.1 innings. Tasker Strobel came on in the eighth and retired the final six batters of the game to earn his fourth save of the year. Murphy finished 2-4 with two runs scored and three RBI.

Nick Shumpert had three hits for Cleburne. Sanchez had two hits and Jacob Bockelie drove home two with his second homerun of the season.

Winnipeg Goldeyes Recap by Steve Schuster

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Cougars Rally to Down RedHawks

The Kane County Cougars erased a 4-0 deficit, scoring seven unanswered runs in a 7-5 victory over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. Fargo-Moorhead took the lead in the top of the first when Rymer Liriano delivered a two-run single. An inning later, Manuel Boscan crushed a two-run homer, his first of the year, to put the RedHawks on top by four.

However, in the bottom half of the frame the Cougars cut the deficit in half. Jimmy Kerrigan delivered his third homerun of the season to lead off the inning and Galli Cribbs added an RBI single. In the fourth, Kane County tied the score, then took the lead in the seventh as Cornelius Randolph delivered an RBI and Sherman Johnson followed with a two-run single.

Ryan Richardson earned his third victory of the year and C.J. Carter recorded the final six outs for his first save of the season. Johnson and Cribbs each had two hits and two RBI for the Cougars. Liriano drove in three and John Silviano walked four times for the RedHawks.

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Three Stars of the Night

No. 3 – Danny Amaral (Sioux City Explorers) 3-5, 3 R, HR, RBI, Double

No. 2 – Jordan Kipper (Chicago Dogs) 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 BB, 0 ER, 7 K

No. 1 – Max Murphy (Winnipeg Goldeyes) 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI

American Association Daily Notes

The Sioux Falls Canaries lost their sixth straight game and they Cleburne Railroaders lost their fifth straight on Thursday… The Chicago Dogs earned their fifth straight victory… The Kansas City Monarchs and Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks are both 12-0 when leading after 8.0 innings… The Chicago Dogs Grant Kay and Charlie Tilson and Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Peter Maris and Drew Ward have each reached base in 18 consecutive games, the longest streak in the American Association the season it

Transactions

Chicago: Released C Josh Mosley; Signed C Trent Bauer

Cleburne: Signed OF Derek Hurt

Gary SouthShore: Transferred the contract of RHP Leif Strom to the New York Yankees; Signed RHP Francois Castillo

By Robert Pannier